Indiana Republicans Seek Absent Voter Law Repeal
Indiana Republicans press for repeal of the absent voter law and resist a state income tax while warning that absent vote practices undermine ballot integrity. They argue many absentee ballots are handled directly by campaigners and that adding income tax simply shifts costs rather than easing property taxes. The piece also notes a Bakemon Alaska housing shipment causing concern over rural costs.
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Indiana
Montana
Dixon
Canadian Prohibition Critic Draws Crowd in Miles City
What appears an early push of the anti prohibition effort in Montana, a Canadian legislator touring the state with a lecture tour. He spoke in Miles City to about 150 attendees, defended the sale of liquor under government control elsewhere, and attacked Canadian MPs who testified in Washington. The event is part of an anticipated broad campaign before November.
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Montana
Anti-Saloon League
Canada
Miles City
Wayne Wheeler
Manitoba
Good Templar
Band of Hope
Senate
Washington
Dominion
Bronze statue honors Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on Cardiff Hill
A bronze life size statue of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn was unveiled on Cardiff Hill above Hannibal Missouri overlooking the Mississippi River. The monument presents the two boys as timeless symbols of American boyhood immortalized by Mark Twain.
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Cardiff Hill
Hannibal
Mississippi River
United States
Seli
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Mark Twain
Mark Twain and Cardiff Hill the boy paradise recalled
The piece recalls Mark Twain and his boyhood on Cardiff Hill in Hannibal Missouri where Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn unfold their adventures. It notes Becky Thatcher and Laura Frazier at the statue unveiling and urges readers to read the novels to relive the fragrant locust blooms and river days. It closes with a note about Helena bands and town population.
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Cardiff Hill
Tom Sawyer
Tom
Joe
Mark ‘Twain
Bay Paradise
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Mississippi
Huck
Twain
Becky Thatcher
Laura Frazier
Huck Finn
Polly
Hays
Becky
Better Fire Protection Urged for State Institutions
State fire marshal W G Brooks submitted a report to State Auditor Porter detailing recommendations to improve fire protection across state institutions. The survey covers water supply, firefighting equipment, wiring, fire escapes, and protective measures for inmates and employees, aiming for a higher level of safety and efficiency.
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State Penitentiary
Hospital For the Insane
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Vocational School
W. G. Brooks
Porter
Return of Navy Traditions Sparks Debate at Naval Academy
Editorial recalls a kiss at the Naval Academy amid a long clash with reformers known as the Uplifters. It argues Josephus Daniels and successors pushed moral purity, undermining old officer traditions. The piece claims the ceremony signals a renewed, harsher era as officers regain confidence and swagger.
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Naval Academy
B. Pirrle
Gertrude Freeman
Brooklyn
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Josephus
Starrata
Gurthe
Josephad
Denby
Jess
Curtis D. Wihur
California
Withur
Mynor
Academy
Worden Field
Lohoggan
The Haskin Letter on Alien Property and German Claims
Washington reports a Senate fight over the alien property office as Senator Borah presses to end the office and use $250,000,000 in German assets to satisfy American war claims. Debate centers on returning property to owners versus paying claims and risks to U.S. foreign trade and investments.
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Washington, D. C
Mills Ulll
Senate
Borah
Ogden Mls
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Garner
Texas
Mills
Atock
Newton
Missouri
Mixed Claims Commission
Jurisma
United States
Germany
Congress
Mr. Swanson
Virginia
Swanson
Garmin‘ ‘Vaporations
Alion
Ouri
Long Delayed Justice in War Claims Debate
The article notes 3,240 private American war claims with 425 death or injury cases, 2,273 small claims under 25,000 dollars, and 540 larger claims. Interest on alien property funds could settle smaller claims, while large claims remain. It discusses Berlin treaty constraints, potential senate battles, and Dawes’s role in reparations policy as the French debt settlement nears.
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Lusitania
Alien Property Office
Newton
DNL
Nll
Chemical Foundation
Authen
Senate
Waste Becomes Wool In New Textile Breakthrough
A new yarn made from artificial silk fibers is described as woollike and silky, matting worn fibers into a soft lambs wool texture. It dyes beautifully, enhances serge goods, and is produced from scraps or cellulose by the same process as artificial silk. England already manufactures a sycolulose wool substitute from vegetable fiber through a distinct method.
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England
Seed potatoes ship from British Columbia to California
The first commercial shipment of seed potatoes from British Columbia reaches California, comprising 60 tons of Burbank certified seed, marking a significant movement of agricultural seed stock westward.
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British Columbia
California
Burbank
Trade News and Cheerful Outlook in June Markets
New York reports a steady industrial and trade scene with cheery financial sentiment. June dividend disbursements exceed 300 million dollars, temporary credit tightening fades, rail traffic hits record volumes, and oil consumption climbs as stocks tighten. Bond trading remains dull while utilities issue large bond sales loom. European issues gain strength as France Belgium and other nations pursue debt funding and fiscal reforms.
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New York
Jrink
Detroit-Edison
Southern California Edison Company
Prudence Company
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Fower House of Congress
Thin Excuse for Prohibition Lobby Payments Questioned
Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts seeks a congressional probe into Anti-Saloon League finances in Washington. Wayne Wheeler defends the lobby, calling the charge slander and denying direct payments to congressmen, though honorariums may have occurred. The piece notes past failed investigations and doubts about Tinkham’s chances for results.
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Tinkham
Maachusetts
Anti-Saloon League
Lnbby
Washington
Tie
Brampton
Michigan
Anti- Saloon League
Wayne Wheeler
Webster's Dictionary
Howard
T Counsel
Great Britiin
Unites States
Great Britain
Wheeler
Congress
Answers to Questions on Unlocated Graves and Miscellany
A reader asks about unlocated American soldiers graves on French battlefields, noting 1488 such graves remain. The Q&A also covers Florida inheritance tax history, soap cutting methods, Stonewall Jackson on a St Helena Memorial coin, coloring brief pipes, mnemonics, Jamestown starving time, engraved invitations tissue, Statue of Liberty’s color, radium in the US, odor of linseed oil, germination of gelatin, and a note about The Helicon Independent Information Bureau in Washington.
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France
Florida
Robert HH Lee
Stona Mountain
GR. P. A
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Simonides
Jamestown
B. J. CG
Liberly
Bodslow's Island
New York
United States
Bureau of Standards
Col
Oranda
Open letter opposes Santa Fe culture colony plan
Mary Austin argues against Federated Women’s Clubs proposed summer culture colony in Santa Fe New Mexico. She warns it would disrupt quiet productive artists who rely on peace to develop ideas and oppose mixing with touring attendees and home entertainments. The Nation cites her critique as timely.
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Mary Austin
Santa Fe
Austin
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Rhine
Interematon Bureau
Helcem Independent Information Bureau
Frederic J. Waskin
Washington, BD. C
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